Crotalaria sessiliflora L. (Syn: Crotalaria anthylloides Lam.; Crotalaria brevipes Benth.; Crotalaria eriantha Siebold & Zucc.; Crotalaria oldhami Miq.; Crotalaria sessitiflora L. [Spelling variant]); Short-lived perennial herb up to 90 cm tall densely hirsute; leaves alternate, simple, nearly sessile, linear-lanceolate, up to 7 cm long, 5-9 mm broad, densely silky beneath, glabrous above; racemes congested, few t many flowers, rarely solitary; calyx 2-lipped up to 15 mm long, covered with long brownish hairs; corolla blue; pod about 10 mm long, more or less included in calyx, 11-16 seeded. Date:24/08/2008 Place: Assam Leaves:10-15X2-4cm Growing in the grassland habitat Crotalaria sessiliflora, I think. Another blue flowered Crotalaria apart from C.verrucosa syn: Crotalaria brevipes Champion ex Bentham. short-lived perennial herb up to 90 cm tall densely hirsute; leaves alternate, simple, nearly sessile, linear-lanceolate, up to 7 cm long, 5-9 mm broad, densely silky beneath, glabrous above; racemes congested, few t many flowers, rarely solitary; calyx 2-lipped up to 15 mm long, covered with long brownish hairs; corolla blue; pod about 10 mm long, more or less included in calyx, 11-16 seeded. Common along roadsides and open hillsides in Chakrata, photographed in September Another Crotalaria with flowers not yellow. Again Here are mines from same place Crotalaria sessiliflora Linn. from Chakrata-Dakpathar road: This one is Crotalaria sessiliflora Linn. shot from Dakpathar-Chakrata road in September 2011. The photographs of the pods were taken near tiger fall, I am not fully sure about the pods, whether they belong to C. sessiliflora or not. Please help. Fl. Simlensis page 115 Interesting, I have never seen a non-yellow Crotolaria!! Yes ... Here is mine- efi thread I like the blue coloured flowers. This is another nice post. As said by ... a non yellow Crotalaria (One more I know about is C. verrucosa) Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight: Crotalaria sessiliflora from Chakrata-GSOCT07/07 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4) Crotalaria sessiliflora Linn., Sp.Pl.ed.2. 1004. 1763 syn: Crotalaria brevipes Champion ex Bentham. short-lived perennial herb up to 90 cm tall densely hirsute; leaves alternate, simple, nearly sessile, linear-lanceolate, up to 7 cm long, 5-9 mm broad, densely silky beneath, glabrous above; racemes congested, few t many flowers, rarely solitary; calyx 2-lipped up to 15 mm long, covered with long brownish hairs; corolla blue; pod about 10 mm long, more or less included in calyx, 11-16 seeded. Common along roadsides and open hillsides in Chakrata, photographed in September Fwd: Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight: Crotalaria sessiliflora from Chakrata-gsoct10/10 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Crotalaria sessiliflora Linn., Sp.Pl.ed.2. 1004. 1763 syn: Crotalaria brevipes Champion ex Bentham. short-lived perennial herb up to 90 cm tall densely hirsute; leaves alternate, simple, nearly sessile, linear-lanceolate, up to 7 cm long, 5-9 mm broad, densely silky beneath, glabrous above; racemes congested, few t many flowers, rarely solitary; calyx 2-lipped up to 15 mm long, covered with long brownish hairs; corolla blue; pod about 10 mm long, more or less included in calyx, 11-16 seeded. Common along roadsides and open hillsides in Chakrata, photographed in September This blue-flowered Crotalaria was recorded from Chakrata area and was identified as C. sessiliflora subsp. sessiliflora Location: Pilot Baba Ashram, Bhaktapur , Nepal Altitude: 5000 ft. Date: 11 September 2016 Crotalaria sessiliflora L. (accepted name) Nepali Name: सोकरोक Sokrok photograph from Lohaghat (Champawat) -1 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) I have taken photographs from Lohaghat (Champawat), please help in identify. ... picture belongs to this (Crotalaria sessiliflora subsp. sessiliflora) Location: Lakeside, Pokhara, Nepal Date : 13 August 2017Altitude : 2600 ft. References: |
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